The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-02
THE CITY CREMAT0RY
LETS MOVING DAY GO usHEEDED
And tho Council Committee on. Health mas
+ Another Bout about TIA Site Adjoining
the city Gas Works to DO Recommend.
ed-Tho Payment for tho Shed.

AhoAo Ws'e "Aobae1 meotiuK VI tue SOuQs
eli Committee on Health held at the
Public Building last evening. 1t was
called yesterday afternoon on the order Of
Chairman Jaeger, and as usual tho famous
garbage and night.soil crsmatory that was
recently erected on top Of Wheeling Hill,
at cost Of over $500, was the cause Of
this special meeting. There were present
Messra. Jaeger, Butte, Ulrich, Davis and
Whyte. Mr.. Jaeger announced that he
was In receipt Of a communication from
the Pittsburgh Bridge Company, inclosing
a bill for $3.50, the contract price OF the
iron shed this company built to cover the
crematory furnace, and which Is now lying
In sections on the vacant space opposite
the stamm House waiting for tho question
Of the crematory's location to be definitely
settled by Council; that body will be call
cd to meet in special session next Tues.
day evening for the sole purpose Of con.
sldering this queation.
Tho Pittsburgh company asked for an
advance Of $3.50 on its bill and also
the bill OF expenses OF three men sent
here to put tho structure up, amounting
to $3S 90. The company was advised
before the men csme that the commit.
tee was not ready for them, Gs the oues.
ton Of a permanent location was In dis.
pute. Notwithstanding this tho men
were sent. The bill Of their expenses was
laid on the table, and the committee deci.
ded to advance no money on the building,
It being the contract that 1t was no. to
be paid for until 1t was up and in complete
order. -
This being done the vexed question OF
the relocating Of the crematory cAme mp
again. The action taken at the last meet
ing in adopting q resolution asking Coun-
ell to appoint special committee OF four
from each Branch, each ward to- have
representation on that committee, to act
with the Committee on Health, was re-.
! conn!der9d and then laid on the table. It was
then unanimously resolved TO recommend
to Council as a permanent site for the Gre
matosy, tho creek bank between Warren's
oil refinery and the Gas Works anu to
recommend the removal OF the furuaces
to that point at coat OF 500
Mr. Butts, who voted against this prop
osition ct Tuesday evenings meeting,
stated that since then he had given the
matter careful thought and consideration
and he was convinced that it was tho only
place for the furnace. Mr.. Warren, he
stated, would interpose no objections, as in
the cremasory he would dnd place tode.
stroy tho residuum from his works which
be now throws in the creek, q practice
that under "Baird's pure-watcr BILL"
which becomess law May /, he mus. stop.
MIR. Butts said further that unless the
cremstory wss taken from its present site
it would tumble down within year. aa it
was built on an eighteen.inch vein Of coal
that crops out along the ridge Of the
mountains back Of the city. In this coal
are laid the Aues OF the furnaces; thepe
becoming white hot as they do, are sure
to fire the coal and crumble tho foundation.
1t was decided unanimously to recon-.
mend the East Wheeling site. Mr.. Nc.
Gregor ia known to be III favor OF this,
Mr.. Buckman's views are not known, Mr..
Ferrell is the only ono known to be op-
posed to the site. He arrived last even.
ing just after the committee adjourned.
He claimed to have received no notice OF
the meeting and was very much surprised
when he learned what had been done.
He promised to fight it in Council.
No time should ba lost in ratiiyiug the
committees change. The location is GEN.
tral and with tho East Wheeling brick
pavement completed can be easily reached.
There is declared to BIO no ofeneive oder
arising from the furnace, and aside from
its name nothing Objectionable about it.
representative otthe Pittsburgh Bridge
Company will be in Martins Ferry to-day
to bid on a bridge wanted by the Water
Trustees there, and it ia probable that he
will be here for his firms money, but he
will not get it.